Daily Archives: May 31, 2011

Aspartame (3-amino-N-(α-carboxyphenylethyl) succinamic acid, N-methyl ester), is a methyl ester of the dipeptide aspartyl-phenylalanine (figure 1). Aspartame is used as a sweetening agent in  many foods on account of the fact that is roughly 180 times sweeter than table sugar … Continue reading →